Sita Malhotra

Half of Amritsar's drinking water samples contaminated

An alarmingly high level of contamination of the 1,317 drinking water samples in places visited regularly by residents calls for public awareness, immediate attention, and action by the authorities.

Shailpreet K Sidhu

Pushpa Devi

Posted on 14 Oct, 2015 03:49 PM

According to a United Nations Children’s Fund Resource report, 70% of India’s water supply is polluted with sewage effluents. It also ranks very low at 120 among the 122 nations in terms of quality of water available to its citizens.

Safe drinking water, a scarce resource (Source: India Water Portal)

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